10 Pcs Truss Plates 4x6 Inch, Pronged Truss Mending Plate with Nail Teeth, Mending Plates for Wood Trusses Construction

Good quality, work great

Holds wood together great

Great when used.

In addition to the use(s) for which these are intended, they also work terrific placed face up in the front yard to keep one of my irresponsible pet owner neighbors from allowing their dog to leave unwanted deposits in the yard without cleaning them up.

As expected

I had some new trusses delivered and one of the plates was poorly installed such that only 1 row of teach were in wood. I tried to find replacement plates and no one had “truss” plates except here on Amazon. The difference between truss vs just mending plates has to do how the holes are punched…truss have offset holes whereas mending have them in the same vertical alignment. These have the offset hole pattern so they are intended for truss or vertical load applications. These plates worked just fine for reconnecting the web back to the top chord. However, there is no info on the tensile or compressibility strength of the plates, neither on Amazon or on the box received. Given that these plates were listed for truss use, they should strength numbers listed.

I bought these tie plates for my rough cut 6x6s to prevent the ends from splitting as they dried. They worked very well and did everything I wanted them to do!

...but they won't work with OSB or particle board.